Daily Blog 5/4/18 - Half day

Today in class Mrs. Valleau handed out papers and a survey to fill out in order to graduated. The survey was basically just filling in your college information on which ones you applied to and what the result was. It was mainly used to fill out a check list. The other papers were to nominate other students for scholarships. We were told to pick students not based on academic levels, but more about the person. We had to choose someone who we thought was just a well-rounded being who did good deeds and deserves the award.
We then read a bad pitch that Noah sent our class and went over what was wrong. Having too much of an ego/bluffing as well as not saying what your work is about are both things that make people ignore the pitch. In his pitch, not only did he say things like "no, third thought, the greatest novel of any genre ever written", but also compared himself to Shakespeare and Homer. He continued his name dropping by stating that his work is a "masterpiece" and will be greater than a long list of philosophers. While reading though this, we also noticed that all he mentioned about his work was the Cousin George and the Power Party. We were left for the rest of class to write our own pitch, which is due on Saturday night. Since it was a half day, there isn’t much to write about what happened in class, so instead I’ll talk about how this can be used outside of class.
Even if we don’t continue our major or career in film or novel writing, it’s still helpful to learn how to make business pitches. We learned what not to do in situations, like by having extreme confidence doesn't mean you'll get accepted. Politeness is important in a mature environment, and no one wants to hear about how good you are if you have nothing to back it up.